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Friedensburg, fairgrounds are located in township
Routes 443 and 183 cross through this rural township south of Pottsville. Summit Station, home to the county fairgrounds since the 1980s, and Friendensburg are among the township’s larger villages.

Early inhabitants of Wayne Township were mostly Pennsylvania Germans who were farmers or lumberjacks.


Population: 4,721 Founded: 1827

Government
Three-member board of supervisors.
Members: Larry Luckenbill, chairman; Stanley Fidler, vice chairman; Mark L. Schropp;

Municipal Address and Phone Number
Municipal Road, P.O. Box 97
Friedensburg, PA 17933
Phone: 570-739-2629
Fax: 570-739-1539

Office Hours
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday

Regular Meeting Time
7:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month.

Part of the Blue Mountain School District
DISTRICT OFFICE:
685 Red Dale Road, Orwigsburg, Pa 17961
Phone: 570-366-0515
Fax: 570-366-0838
Superintendent: William H. Hall

NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 3055

HIGH SCHOOL:
1076 W. Market, Schuylkill Haven, Pa 17972
Phone: 570-366-0511
Fax: 570-366-1965
Principal: James F. Orwig

MIDDLE SCHOOL:
685 Red Dale Road, Orwigsburg, Pa 17961
Phone: 570-366-0546
Fax: 570-366-2513
Principal: William J. Toomey Jr.

BLUE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY, CRESSONA:
45 Wilder Street, Cressona, Pa 17929
Phone: 570-385-5580
Fax: 570-385-7206
Principal: Patricia A. LaPlaca

BLUE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY EAST:
675 Red Dale Road, Orwigsburg, Pa 17961
Phone: 570-366-1065
Fax: 570-366-1797
Principal: Jeffrey S. Zweibel

BLUE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY WEST:
1383 Long Run Road, Friedensburg, Pa 17933
Phone: 570-739-4461
Fax: 570-739-4822
Principal: Linda K. Cheripka

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS: Joseph A. Martin, president; Samuel J. Deibert, treasurer; Theodore H. Heffner, Vicki H. Hill, Gary D. Hitzemann, Matthew G. Kelly, G. Patrick O'Hara, Sallie A. Geary Sandler, Susan M. Thompson

BOARD MEETING DATE/TIME: 8 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of the month, except otherwise published in the school calendar.


Map of Wayne Township